CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1981-0476
SCOUT D-1 R/B
SCOUT D-1 R/B (NORAD 11271) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 19 September 1981, after 2 years, 7 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
11271
International designator
1979-013B
Object type
Rocket body
Country
United States
Launched
18 Feb 1979Wallops
Re-entered (UTC)
19 Sep 1981UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
2 years, 7 months944 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
54.9°N to 54.9°SFinal inclination 54.9°
Mass
31 kg
Where it came down
Latitude band its orbit allowedExact position not recorded
No position was recorded for this re-entry. Its final orbit, inclined at 54.9°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 54.9°N and 54.9°S.
Life in orbit
2 years, 7 monthsSCOUT D-1 R/B’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
From the same launch
1979-013
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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